ResearchProjects

Impact of Social Cohesion and Social Capital in PrEP Uptake and Adherence Among Transwomen of Color
Funded by: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project dates: September 2018 - April 2024
Principal Investigator: Duncan , Dustin
PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project employed real-time geospatial methods to investigate relationships between social cohesion and social capital within GPS-defined activity space neighborhoods and social networks in relation to HIV PrEP use and adherence among transgender women of color.

Abstract on NIH RePORTER
Related Publications
Duncan DT, Park SH, Dharma C, Torrats-Espinosa G, Contreras J, Scheinmann R, Watson K, Herrera C, Schneider JA, Khan M, Lim S, Trinh-Shevrin C, Radix A (2024).
Neighborhood safety and neighborhood police violence are associated with psychological distress among English- and Spanish-speaking transgender women of color in New York City: Finding from the TURNNT cohort study
Journal of Urban Health, 101 (3), 557-570. doi: 10.1007/s11524-024-00879-3. PMCID: PMC11189871.

Duncan DT, Schneider JA, Radix A, Harry-Hernandez S, Callander D (2021).
Sleep health among transgender women of color in New York City: Preliminary analyses of interim baseline data from the TURNNT study cohort
Sleep Health, 7 (2), 153-154. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2021.01.005.

Callander D, Schneider JA, Radix A, Chaix B, Scheinmann R, Love G, Smith J, Regan SD, Kawachi I, St James K, Ransome Y, Herrera C, Reisner SL, Doroshow C, Poteat T, Watson K, Bluebond-Langner R, Toussaint N, Garofalo R, Sevelius J, Duncan DT (2020).
Longitudinal cohort of HIV-negative transgender women of colour in New York City: Protocol for the TURNNT (‘Trying to Understand Relationships, Networks and Neighbourhoods among Transgender women of colour’) study
BMJ Open, 10 (4), e032876. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032876. PMCID: PMC7170618.